Chapter 125 Extra

If line-if nothing happened (IV)

The person who came was Shen Yuhuai's colleague. It was the first time Chen Qizhao met him. After saying hello, they went to the food stall together.

On the way, he followed Shen Yuhuai and listened to Shen Yuhuai and Liu Shiji's discussions from time to time. There were a few professional terms in their words, which Chen Qizhao didn't understand, but it was the first time he met Shen Yuhuai's colleagues, and he felt something different.

After ordering the barbecue, Chen Qizhao went to the refrigerator to get some drinks. There were a lot of things in the refrigerator at the food stall, so he first got himself two bottles of cold beer, then a Coke, and finally a bottle of orange juice.

When he made an appointment with Shen Yuhuai for dinner, what Shen Yuhuai often took was orange juice.

When they arrived at the place, Liu Sui laughed and took the beer, "Qizhao wants to drink too?"

"Drink." Chen Qizhao sat down and opened the beer. Seeing Shen Yuhuai took the orange juice, he quickly retracted his gaze.

It seems like this every time, Shen Yuhuai doesn't drink much.

"That's great. This guy never drinks every time I go out with him." Liu Sui opened the can quickly. "Let's drink together. He has to drive later."

Chen Qizhao was not used to having one more person around, but Liu Sui was talkative and good at creating an atmosphere, so the two of them soon started chatting. Liu Sui was a talkative person. He would ask Chen Qizhao about things in school and tell him some little episodes in their laboratory. Whenever he talked about Shen Yuhuai, Chen Qizhao listened more seriously.

Shen Yuhuai is serious about his work, especially in the laboratory. In addition, he is very efficient, so it is always easier to get twice the result with half the effort when working with him on experiments. Liu Sui and Shen Yuhuai are both from the same university, B University. Seeing that Chen Qizhao is interested in Shen Yuhuai, he also talked about Shen Yuhuai's time at B University.

"You guys have such a rich college life now." Liu Sui: "You can call me when you want to eat PUBG, come on, let's add each other as friends."

Chen Qizhao added Liu Sui on WeChat and asked, "Do you have time to play while doing experiments?"

"How can you not have time? Time can be squeezed out." Liu Sui.

After adding Liu Sui as a friend, Chen Qizhao added a note to him. When he put his phone away, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Yuhuai's hand leaning on the edge of the table. He was wearing a thin coat with his sleeves only pulled up a little.

Noticing the other person's hand, Chen Qizhao swallowed the meat in his mouth without blinking.

Shen Yuhuai listened to the two of them calmly, his attention focused on Chen Qizhao. The energy of young people was fully displayed in Chen Qizhao. He held the beer can skillfully and could open it with one hand. His eyes were bright when he spoke.

Unlike eating in the cafeteria, where he felt restrained, the spacious aisle next to him allowed him to sit more casually.

The zipper of his jacket was unzipped, and his collarbone was visible through the loose collar. The printed T-shirt underneath had a very visually striking pattern, and he looked full of vigor and energy, and completely different.

Shen Yuhuai glanced slightly to the side, and suddenly saw the boy's fair neck, and his Adam's apple moved downwards.

He raised his eyes and saw Chen Qizhao looking at him.

The latter seemed to suddenly realize it, and hurriedly looked away, picking up the beer can in a concealing manner.

Shen Yuhuai continued to look at him.

Chen Qizhao did not dare to look at him, his eyes were somewhat evasive.

The man had a calm expression, and when he wore glasses, the glasses always looked deep and dark underneath him, as if the layer of lenses blocked the penetrating power of his vision.

Why is Shen Yuhuai looking at him again?

Chen Qizhao ate the meat on the skewer in no time, gulped down half a bottle of beer, and picked up another skewer.

Chen Qizhao was a little absent-minded, looking at Shen Yuhuai's drink can for a while, and then looking at the skewers in front of Shen Yuhuai. He noticed Shen Yuhuai's preference with a little attention. He drank half of the orange juice, and seemed to prefer meat skewers. He didn't touch things like gluten and ham.

In the second half of the midnight snack, Liu Sui was the only one who opened the conversation, chattering on and on.

It was past ten o'clock, and Shen Yuhuai offered to take Chen Qizhao home. He gave the car keys to Liu Sui and asked him to wait for him in the car, and then accompanied Chen Qizhao into the school.

Chen Qizhao: "I didn't drink that much, I can go back."

Just a few cans of beer, which is less than his usual amount.

"Let's take a walk." Shen Yuhuai said.

The night wind was very comfortable, and it seemed to blow away the smell that had been picked up at the barbecue stall. The two walked side by side, not talking much along the way. Chen Qizhao's attention was a little distracted, and he suddenly saw a young couple walking side by side in front of him, and his attention was immediately returned.

He glanced away, and when he lowered his head, he saw Shen Yuhuai’s hand was very close.

The hand hanging naturally is slightly bent, and what catches the eye are the slightly protruding joints on the back of the hand. It seems that you can even see the blue veins protruding from the skin, which gives a different visual effect.

"Did you drop anything?" Shen Yuhuai asked.

Chen Qizhao retracted his gaze: "...No."

He didn't drink that much, but why did he feel a little hot on his face?

After returning to the dormitory, Chen Qizhao saw Shen Yuhuai's back as he went upstairs. The distance from the dormitory building to the school was far, and he didn't know how long it would take him to leave.

He stood and watched for a while, then sent a message to Shen Yuhuai.

By the time the other party returned to the institute to reply to him, it was already past eleven o'clock.

"Oh my god, brother, why aren't you moving?"

"Help, help, help, there's a team coming from the opposite side."

"Wait a minute."

The game was still going on in the dormitory. Chen Qizhao, who was sitting on the bed, quit the game and replied to the message.

After having supper that day, he went back to the dormitory and played games for two hours. When Chen Qizhao was sleeping, what inexplicably emerged in his mind was Shen Yuhuai's eyes and hands, so that in a half-asleep and half-awake state, he always felt that when he opened his eyes, he saw the other person's eyes.

Maybe it was because they had spent so much time together, when Chen Qizhao went home and flipped through the photo album, he noticed Shen Yuhuai in the childhood photos. He didn't have much impression of Shen Yuhuai when he was a child, but when he saw that person, the words that Zhang Yazhi had said casually before seemed to be formed in his mind, and he seemed to have a vague impression of him.

Most of the time, they had lunch at noon. Shen Yuhuai usually didn't do much experiment in the morning, so when he was free, he would go to the library of S University to read. After class, Chen Qizhao would go to the library to find him, and then the two would go to the cafeteria.

He had just finished talking to his roommate that day and sent a message to Shen Yuhuai. When he arrived at the entrance of the library, he saw Shen Yuhuai talking to someone else.

That person was not a colleague of Shen Yuhuai's research institute. He was holding a book in his hand and looked like a student of S University.

He slowed down his pace and noticed that the man was very excited when he spoke, and he was blocking Shen Yuhuai with a book. Shen Yuhuai didn’t say much, but Chen Qizhao noticed that his expression was much colder than usual.

Shen Yuhuai has a gentle temperament and is humble and polite when dealing with others.

But in reality, not many people can talk to him, and his attitude towards friends and strangers is very clear. Chen Qizhao originally thought that the man was Shen Yuhuai’s friend, he stood by and watched for a while, listening to the conversation between the two, frowned, but still couldn’t help but walked forward.

"So that's how it is, oh and Senior Brother Shen, how do we solve this problem?" The student blocked Shen Yuhuai and stood at the door of the library.

Shen Yuhuai glanced at his book, and when he was about to answer, he caught a glimpse of a figure walking over from the corner of his eye.

After a while, Chen Qizhao stood in front of him and interrupted them directly, "Let's go, Brother Huai."

The student frowned slightly when he saw this, and ignored Chen Qizhao, but said: "Senior Brother Shen..."

Chen Qizhao said, "Brother, we have to go to the cafeteria. If we go late, we won't be able to queue up."

Shen Yuhuai glanced slightly and looked at Chen Qizhao's profile.

Chen Qizhao's face was a little gloomy at this time, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

The student saw that Shen Yuhuai didn't say anything, "So, Senior Brother is going to eat?"

Chen Qizhao laughed: "You don't want to eat lunch?"

The student smiled awkwardly: "Then I won't bother you next time."

After he said that, he glanced at Chen Qizhao, put the book in his bag, turned around and left.

After the people left, Chen Qizhao remembered something. He was used to being casual, so he remembered something after he finished speaking. "I just saw that you didn't seem to want to continue chatting with him. Is he an acquaintance of yours?"

Shen Yuhuai's eyes deepened a little, "It's okay, I'm not familiar with him."

Chen Qizhao looked over in confusion.

"He is a student of my tutor's open class. I have met him twice in the library." Shen Yuhuai looked at Chen Qizhao, "I don't really know him."

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Why didn’t you tell me you were here?”

“I just saw him asking questions, so I thought, wait a minute, it’s nothing.” Chen Qizhao originally thought that it was someone Shen Yuhuai knew, but he just listened and felt something was wrong, so he stepped forward to stop him.

"This guy is so rude. He blocked people at the entrance of the library in the middle of the day to ask questions. I waited for almost ten minutes, but he didn't even say thank you after he finished asking. He treated me like a machine answering questions."

"He didn't say he would go stand in the shade with you. He didn't choose the time to ask questions. Next time, just reject him directly."

The two walked towards the cafeteria. Chen Qizhao was carrying a loose shoulder bag and had one hand in his pocket.

His hair was cut short, revealing his eyes. He looked forward when he spoke, and when he looked from the side, he could see some agility in his clear eyes. Shen Yuhuai followed him, listening to him giving some suggestions, but he saw some wanton and indifferent look in his eyes.

This is different from when I was a kid.

After spending these days with Chen Qizhao, he gradually stopped treating him as his childhood brother. The boy's way of doing things might be a little immature, but he had his own attitude and ideas, and his temper was rather harsh. He was not as well-behaved as when he was a child, but he had a different kind of liveliness.

His eyes couldn't help but sweep over Chen Qizhao's hair, noticing the Adam's apple swallowing when he spoke, and also noticing the water droplets on his collarbone due to the hot weather.

It seems that as we spend more time together, certain details become clearer.

This was the first time that Shen Yuhuai paid so much attention to a boy's appearance. There were many good students around him, but there were few boys like Chen Qizhao who made people unable to take their eyes off him.

Chen Qizhao looked to the side, "Brother Huai?"

Shen Yuhuai came back to his senses, moved his sight slightly forward, and saw the crowd coming and going at the entrance of the cafeteria. He responded in a low voice: “Yeah.”

After a while, he looked at Chen Qizhao again.

"Next time, don't let him get away with it. Do you think that a top student can just ask questions to anyone? This is not charity." After Chen Qizhao finished speaking, he noticed that Shen Yuhuai was looking at him. He tilted his head slightly and lowered his voice a few degrees: "Or you can just come to me directly. The library is not far away. I will help you out."

"Okay." Shen Yuhuai responded.

Chen Qizhao couldn't help but look at him.

Shen Yuhuai added: “Next time if I have something, I will find you.”

Chen Qizhao quickened his pace upon hearing this, and walked into the cafeteria in a few steps. After entering, he looked back at Shen Yuhuai, “Brother, hurry up.”

Only after waiting for someone to follow him did Chen Qizhao walk in.

Shen Yuhuai retracted his gaze and restrained himself from looking at the other person. He felt that the cafeteria was hotter and stuffier today than usual.

Chen Qizhao was completely unprepared, and after entering the cafeteria, he found a seat, said something to Shen Yuhuai, and went over to get his meal.

I don’t know why, but when he and Shen Yuhuai had dinner together like this, he felt particularly happy, and the feeling was different from having dinner with others.

Go out for drinks on the weekend, a party organized by Cheng Rong.

Yan Kailin would complain about his elder brother every time he drank, and he hated Yan Kaiqi's hegemonism. People around him were trying to comfort him. After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Qizhao and said, "Brother, didn't your elder brother say anything to you when you went out to drink recently?"

Chen Qizhao was looking at his phone. Hearing this, he paused and said, "No."

Chen Shiming had said before that he made friends with questionable people. After the two had a quarrel, Chen Shiming also mentioned this matter when he went home last time. Maybe it was because he had just made an appointment with Shen Yuhuai for dinner that day, and when he almost quarreled with Chen Shiming, he remembered what Shen Yuhuai said and patiently explained to Chen Shiming.

Although they still quarreled after explaining everything to each other in the end, Chen Shiming never mentioned Cheng Rong and others again after that.

"Chen Shiming has changed recently." Chen Qizhao's eyes were less aggressive, "He didn't tell me to drink, he just told me not to drink too late."

Yan Kailin looked envious, and seeing Chen Qizhao still chatting, he leaned over to take a look, “Who have you been chatting with just now… I’m going to Shen Yuhuai!?”

He saw the name on the chat interface and immediately became alert: "Is he here to spy on the enemy again?"

Chen Qizhao moved his phone slightly away and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Chen Yuhuai and my brother are wearing the same pants, he must be here to get information." Yan Kailin.

Yan Kailin said something, and people around him echoed him in a few words.

Chen Qizhao frowned slightly, "Chen Yuhuai is not as bad as you think, he is a good person."

He added: "Besides, I was the one chatting with him, what kind of enemy situation was I trying to spy on?"

There was silence for a moment, and everyone looked at Chen Qizhao with a little surprise.

The last time Yan Kailin complained about Shen Yuhuai, Chen Qizhao's attitude towards Shen Yuhuai was not like this.

"You seem to have a good relationship with him recently. Have you even made an appointment to have dinner with him?" Yan Kailin asked.

Chen Qizhao replied, paused for a moment, and then said, "...It's OK."

[-Chen Yuhuai: I happen to be near you, do you need me to take you back later? ]

The others in the room were still talking when suddenly someone opened the door and came in, saying anxiously, "Oh no! Liu Kai is fighting with someone."

The bar they came to today was close to S University. In order to avoid Yan Kaiqi's eyes, this was their first time here.

It was not in the city, and there was a good and bad crowd. A few people had originally booked a private room to drink. When Liu Kai went out to the bathroom with someone, he saw a drunk man making trouble for the waiter. Liu Kai passed by and helped the man out. Who would have thought that Liu Kai tried to reason with the man, but the man didn't listen and started to fight. When he couldn't beat him, he even called for help.

"That man has no moral principles. When he couldn't win the argument with Liu Kai, he resorted to violence. When he couldn't beat Liu Kai physically, he even called for help."

Yan Kailin was shocked: "Damn, this Wen De doesn't even talk about it. Our Kaizi is so nice and gentle."

The toilet of the bar was outside. When Chen Qizhao went out, several people had surrounded Liu Kai.

Chen Qizhao and Cheng Rong rushed forward to separate the fight. Yan Kailin asked someone to find the bar owner, who immediately called the police when he saw the situation.

Shen Yuhuai happened to drive nearby, and when he saw that Chen Qizhao hadn’t replied to the message, he was about to go to the bar to check.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the bar, he saw a group of people gathered together. He frowned slightly. When he got out of the car and walked over, he happened to see Chen Qizhao standing next to the policeman, seemingly saying something.

Listening to the words of the people around him, Shen Yuhuai roughly knew what happened.

There were surveillance cameras outside the bar, and it was the other party who started the fight first. The waiter also testified. The police asked Chen Qizhao and others to go to the police station to record their statements. Chen Qizhao was just walking out when he suddenly saw Shen Yuhuai in the crowd. He paused slightly, not understanding why Shen Yuhuai was here.

On the way to the police station, Shen Yuhuai also followed, and they were still in Shen Yuhuai's car.

Yan Kailin was so cowardly all the way, looking at Shen Yuhuai's face from time to time. He whispered to Chen Qizhao: "It's over, it's over, Shen Yuhuai will definitely sue my brother!!"

Chen Qizhao looked at the driver's seat carefully, feeling inexplicably uneasy. He looked through the rearview mirror inside the car and saw Shen Yuhuai driving seriously.

After going to the police station to record the statement, when I came out, Shen Yuhuai was still outside, holding a bag of things in his hand. Chen Qizhao didn't dare to go closer. He said, "Yan Kailin is still inside. We didn't do it this time. They first went to the waiter and then beat Liu Kai..."

Shen Yuhuai pursed his lips and stepped forward to take Chen Qizhao's hand.

When Chen Qizhao was pulled by him, he suddenly stopped talking and sat down obediently on the lounge chair.

Shen Yuhuai knelt on one knee and untied the bag in his hand. Only then did Chen Qizhao see the random iodine and gauze inside. He was slightly stunned. Shen Yuhuai went to the pharmacy to buy something.

He was lost in thought as a medical cotton swab dipped in disinfectant was gently touched on Chen Qizhao's face.

The cold feeling was accompanied by a slight stinging sensation. Chen Qizhao stopped moving and quietly explained what had just happened, "…The wound doesn't need to be treated, it's just a scratch."

Shen Yuhuai gently wiped the wound, the seriousness in his eyes could not be rejected.

The boy's face was so close in front of her that any slight change on his face became unusual, especially his eyes.

Chen Qizhao stopped talking. He lowered his head, his eyes unfocused.

In the end, he could only stop at Shen Yuhuai's face. Shen Yuhuai was not wearing glasses, and his eyes were deep and serious. In the little light reflected, Chen Qizhao seemed to see his own embarrassment.

The stinging sensation from the disinfection seemed to have disappeared. Chen Qizhao looked into Shen Yuhuai's eyes, from his pupils to his eyelashes, extending outwards little by little, looking at the ends of his eyes, looking at his nose bridge... The other person's face was right in front of him, and Chen Qizhao had never looked at Shen Yuhuai so closely.

He blinked and looked away, then looked back after a while.

The medical cotton swab was moved to a new position, and the stinging sensation became less severe.

Shen Yuhuai's fingers touched Chen Qizhao's face, and the slightly cold touch fixed him.

At this time, Shen Yuhuai suddenly smiled, with the corners of his eyes slightly curved.

Chen Qizhao was stunned. It was the first time he saw Shen Yuhuai smile like this.

Shen Yuhuai said helplessly: “Don’t move.”

Chen Qizhao said honestly: "I won't move."

But he didn't move...

The cotton swab was taken away, and Shen Yuhuai's eyes swept across Chen Qizhao's face, as if confirming something.

Chen Qizhao couldn't tell whether the heat on his face was from the wound or something else.

Shen Yuhuai's gaze seemed to have seen through him.

Shen Yuhuai: “Okay.”

Chen Qizhao suddenly felt his heartbeat quicken, thump thump, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.

He didn't feel any better.